Tag: Economy
Downtown Minneapolis loses another business
Last summer, Haskell’s Wine Bar on Nicollet Mall closed. Last week, City Works, a sports bar and restaurant on Hennepin Avenue, closed. And now, downtown Minneapolis...
Minnesota Business Owners Tout Trump’s Economy at GOP Rountable
Local Minnesota small business owners joined Trump surrogates and the Republicans Party of Minnesota for economic roundtables in Eden Prairie and Albert Lea to...
Fleet Farms Moves HQ to Wisconsin. 70 Jobs Transferred
In a loss to Minnesota, Fleet Farm has announced that it will move its headquarters from Brainerd, Minnesota to Appleton, Wisconsin.
Fleet Farm was considered...
Fewer Minnesota teens are working and that is a problem
As we noted in our report The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2018, our state’s Labor Force Participation rate, which, at 69.7% in 2018, was the...
Prominent Minnesota Democrats Sponsor Plan To Rebuild Every Single Building in...
Socialist Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez finally released an overview of her highly anticipated "Green New Deal".
As expected the plan include sweeping proposals to completely change...
Minnesota Ranks 4th Nationally For Per Capita Excise Tax Collections
This article was written by John Phelan and was originally published on the Center of the American Experiment's website.
It is no secret that Minnesota is one of...
Older, More Diverse MN Facing Troubling Economy
State’s population is growing older and more educated, but with a weaker economy.
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Minnesota has been undergoing...
MN’s Median Household Income Starting to Slip
Minnesota Median Household Income Change Underperforms US, Still Top 12 State
Minnesota median household income ranking slipped from 10th in 2014 to 12th in 2015...
Bad News for Minnesota’s Iron Range
Magnetation LLC announced yesterday that it is considering shutting down its Minnesota based iron ore concentrate plants and rail loading facilities by September 30th.
Magnetation...
MN Economy Not as Good As You’re Being Told
Minnesotans believe that they have a strong and prosperous state economy that should be held as an example for other states. However, a recent...